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Descriptive inventory for the Near Northwest Side Planning Commission records, 1956-1964

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Correspondence, financial and legal records, meeting agendas and minutes, code
violation complaints, contact lists, publications, maps, architectural
drawings, materials collected from other local organizations, and other administrative
records of the Near Northwest Side Planning Commission, a non-profit organization aimed
at revitalizing the West Town community of Chicago (Ill.). Materials relate to the
commission's membership, board meetings, zoning issues, other Chicago neighborhood and
government organizations, and community events.

The Near Northwest Side Planning Commission (NNSPC) was formed in the mid-1950s and
operated under the leadership of executive director Kurt H. Berg. The NNSPC was a
non-profit neighborhood organization whose activities centered on the revitalization
of the Chicago neighborhood bounded by the I-94 expressway, Augusta Boulevard, California
Avenue, and Kinzie Street. The commission's primary goals were to eliminate blight,
to improve and modernize housing, to attract private investment to the Near Northwest
Side, and to be recognized as a certified conservation area by the Community Conservation
Board of Chicago. The commission was active during the mid-1950s and 1960s.

Series 1 consists of correspondence, primarily between Kurt H. Berg,
executive director of the NNSPC, and various commission members,
local business owners, community leaders, and government officials.

Series 2 contains publications, reports, surveys, correspondence, and
press materials from other community, neighborhood, and government
organizations, including the Chicago Housing Authority, the Chicago
Commission on Human Relations, and neighborhood conservation groups.
Materials are grouped by organization.

Series 3 consists of publications, correspondence, receipts, photographs,
and newspaper clippings about events organized by or related to the NNSPC.
Events include talent shows, bingos, giveaways, and a public hearing.

Series 5 contains zoning code violations and complaints to the Mayor's
Office of Inquiry and Information, committee and subcommittee meeting
agendas and minutes, address and contact lists, master copies of notices,
and information concerning vacant city lots.

Series 6 consists of press releases, newspaper clippings, newsletters, and
pamphlets related to the NNSPC, and other neighborhood and government
organizations such as the West Central Association, the Chicago Housing
Authority, the Young Men's Christian Association, the Chicago Commission on
Youth Welfare, and the Chicago Commission on Human Relations.

Series 8 contains a summary of the Near Northwest Side Conservation Program; an essay
by Norman Ross entitled "The Population Explosion;" a paper by William H. Brueckner,
executive director of the Chicago Commons Association, entitled "The Corner Group Worker
as a Change Agent in the Life of the Group and its Members;" and other miscellaneous records.

The Near Northwest Side Planning Commission (NNSPC) was formed in the mid-1950s and operated under the leadership of executive director Kurt H. Berg. The NNSPC was a non-profit neighborhood organization whose activities centered on the revitalization of the Chicago neighborhood bounded by the I-94 expressway, Augusta Boulevard, California Avenue, and Kinzie Street. The commission's primary goals were to eliminate blight, to improve and modernize housing, to attract private investment to the Near Northwest Side, and to be recognized as a certified conservation area by the Community Conservation Board of Chicago. The commission was active during the mid-1950s and 1960s.

Correspondence, financial and legal records, meeting agendas and minutes, code violation complaints, contact lists, publications, maps, architectural drawings, materials collected from other local organizations, and other administrative records of the Near Northwest Side Planning Commission, a non-profit organization aimed at revitalizing the West Town community of Chicago (Ill.). Materials relate to the commission's membership, board meetings, zoning issues, other Chicago neighborhood and government organizations, and community events.